Ina Cicu – Design Technologist
Ina joined the Building Tectonics Architectural Practice team almost five years ago as a Design Technologist. Having an Interior Design degree background, she was always fascinated by buildings and architecture. However, it wasn’t until she started to work at Building Tectonics that she discovered the backstage of this wonderfully creative process.
Due to her colleagues’ patience and professionalism, she has learned to redesign clients’ houses; undertake the technical part of projects such as Building Regulation drawings and how deal with planning applications. Ina’s favourite part of the job is to design people's houses, create new spaces and bring life to them.
Three things that inspire Ina: • Nature – this is the most amazing ‘architect’ as everything is perfect – shapes, colours, sounds, etc.
• Travelling – this is one of my passions as travelling from place to place you can discover the different architectural styles influenced by culture, geographical area and time. You also meet new people who share with you their amazing life stories and visions.
• Successful and intelligent people – these are the ones who inspire me the most – both in my personal and work life.
What is your favourite example of Architectural Design? My favourite architect is Antoni Gaudi and his work transcended mainstream Modernisme, culminating in an organic style inspired by natural forms. One of my favourites is his masterpiece Casa Batlla as, like everything Gaudí designed, it is only identifiable as Modernisme or Art Nouveau in the broadest sense.
The other example of Architectural design which inspires me is Tianjin Binhai Library, in Tianjin, China. It was designed by a Rotterdam-based architectural firm along with the Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute, a group of local architects. Due to its tight construction schedule by the local government, the project went from preliminary drawings to its doors opening within three years in October 2017.